When you're young you want to show people what you can do, no matter what the cost. Whereas when you're older, and you realise that maybe a drum machine is better than you playing, then use the drum machine. Phil Collins More Quotes by Phil Collins More Quotes From Phil Collins I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt. Phil Collins belts bullets thinking I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene. Phil Collins currents rocks scene Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary. Phil Collins tattoo basketball soccer Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise. Phil Collins another-day paradise thinking I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you’ve got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you’re in the charts. Phil Collins singles week grew-up I didn't become a commercially successful artist by design, and actually I think that commercially successful just means, if you analyse it, that a lot of people like you. It's become a dirty word, and I don't necessarily think it needs to be. Phil Collins successful mean dirty I can't consider myself a drummer any more. Phil Collins drummer i-can Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages! Phil Collins easier language believe To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time Phil Collins records albums want Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15. Phil Collins song book people I think I was the best drummer! Phil Collins drummer thinking The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. Phil Collins details london rooms I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before. Phil Collins stars trying interesting I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better. Phil Collins making-a-difference strange differences As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour. Phil Collins promotion records I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one available, I go to the steam room every day for my voice. I spend half an hour there and then I eat, because I can't eat later than four o'clock. Then I go for a soundcheck. That's my day. Phil Collins voice listening night Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting. Phil Collins tired nice kids Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. Phil Collins days-off rocks australia Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film. Phil Collins finishing albums film You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment...Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours. Phil Collins disappointment song kids
